History NightmareFuel / Kirby

* Kirby's Dream Land 3's [[MultipleEndings false/bad end]] concludes with an upward camera pan to a far bigger, more ominous silhouette hovering in the sky only listed as "'''?'''", which then opens its single [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eye]] to glare directly at you, the player. It turns out that this time, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYVlu7Lxs34 Kirby doesn't only fight Dark Matter, but also fight 0 (Zero)]] who is a large white sphere who attacks by cutting slashes across its surface and shooting blood (as seen in the current page image). After depleting his health bar the first time, his pupil bursts out of the body in a fountain of blood and begins chasing Kirby.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC6Zgydkdpw This]] music pops up in some levels for no reason other than screwing with the player, only for the sake of making gameplay unbearable. Essentially, it turns any level into NightmareFuel for the sake of it.

The people at {{Nintendo}} and HAL Labs just love their [[MoodWhiplash Mood Whiplashes]], don't they?\\

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[[caption-width-right:346:Yes, this is the villain [[EyeScream ripping its own eye out]]. With blood. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids In a Kirby game.]]]]

* Kirby Squeak Squad features Dark Nebula, which is an evil black star that possesses Daroach. After defeating Daroach, he attacks for real: his Japanese name is "Dark Zero", [[HijackedByGanon another reincarnation of the recurring villain]].

** Her entire stage as well. The first room has large empty spaces, and long platforms colored with surreal blotches of paint. In the final room, there are [[NightmareFace snickering paintings with distorted facial expressions.]] All with very [[NothingIsScarier minimalist]] music in the background. And if Old-School songs are enabled, the stage's background music is a very creepy version of the "Museum" song from ''Nightmare in Dream Land''. Additionally, in the Japanese version, it's explained that Drawcia got the power to start messing with Dream Land by making a pact with the very same Zero from older games, who, by this point, has made it clear that it wants Kirby dead at all costs.

* Kirby's Dream Land 2 features Dark Matter, the black eye that possesses things. He possesses Dedede as the fake final boss. If plauers [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju9ErWj9gAY don't get the good ending]], Dark Matter is only shown as a silhouette and listed as "'''!?'''", while Kine looks to the sky knowing something isn't right.

* At first, it looks like this is going to be avoided completely, what with Yin-Yarn, aka [[FanNickname Mariachi Man]], as the final boss [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100819004634/kirby/en/images/thumb/4/4c/Kirby%27s_Epic_Yarn_Box_art.jpg/250px-Kirby%27s_Epic_Yarn_Box_art.jpg seen here.]] However, just because the game's [[EverythingsBetterWithPlushies cute]], the BigBad looks [[LaughablyEvil silly,]] and the game doesn't take place in DreamLand doesn't mean there aren't nightmares [[AWorldwidePunomenon sewn in:]] those aren't maracas, they're knitting needles (living ones, at that). Given what the world of ''Epic Yarn'' is [[CaptainObvious made of]], ParanoiaFuel can only be rampant.

* ''Kirby: Squeak Squad'' has an enemy that only appears in two stages, yet is still creepy enough to warrant a mention: a black, floating hand that moans. In one of the levels it appears in, it's accompanied by a sword with the exact same features. It might not be as bad as any of the [[EldritchAbomination Cosmic Horrors]] Kirby's had to deal with, but it's still unexpected.

* Kirby's Dream Land features Mt. Dedede as the final level, where remade versions of the levels can be found: at the end, there's a clone of Kirby pacing back and forth, and in order to move onward, players must walk into it for some reason.

* The fifth stage in ''Return to Dream Land'' spawns Kirby on a cloud walkway leading to a tower in the sky, [[NothingIsScarier with only an ominous wind in the background]] (which, if played long enough, will eventually add a whispery version of Nutty Noon's map theme playing in the background). After the obligatory, gratuitous SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity, Kirby's then greeted by [[spoiler: five back-to-back miniboss battles set to a rendition of Dedede's theme.]] [[JumpScare Surprise.]][[hottip:*: However, if you have played ''Kirby's Adventure'' and/or its remake, ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land'', then you would've seen this coming (as the former's level is a ContinuityNod to one of the latter's levels).]]

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[[folder:Kirby's Epic Yarn]]
* At first, it looks like this is going to be avoided completely, what with Yin-Yarn, aka [[FanNickname Mariachi Man]], as the final boss [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100819004634/kirby/en/images/thumb/4/4c/Kirby%27s_Epic_Yarn_Box_art.jpg/250px-Kirby%27s_Epic_Yarn_Box_art.jpg seen here.]] However, just because the game's [[EverythingsBetterWithPlushies cute]], the BigBad looks [[LaughablyEvil silly,]] and the game doesn't take place in DreamLand doesn't mean there aren't nightmares [[AWorldwidePunomenon sewn in:]] those aren't maracas, they're knitting needles (living ones, at that). Given what the world of ''Epic Yarn'' is [[CaptainObvious made of]], ParanoiaFuel can only be rampant.
* Incidentally, Kracko might just be the scariest-looking enemy in the whole game. The fluffy cloud's big bright watery eye has been replaced with a lifeless button.
* There's something just wrong about seeing Kirby unwrap to go through those narrow tubes, turning into a long piece of string with a pair of eyes. {{Claustrophobia}}cs might find it unsettling.
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[[folder: Kirby Super Star / Ultra]]
* In Kirby Super Star Ultra's subgame Revenge of the King, all the enemies are given different sprites. Scarfy is replaced with a grinning Granny Smith apple when happy, or a laughing red apple corpse-face with empty eye sockets when angry.
* Kirby Super Star features the minigame "Revenge of Meta Knight" in which Meta Knight attempts to take over Dreamland. After defeating Meta Knight, you have a time limit to get off the ship while Meta Knight is chasing you, flying into a huge rage as he angrily hurls big electric sparks at you. He enters this segment by shouting "[[UnstoppableRage YOU'LL NEVER ESCAPE!]]". It was toned down in the remake.
* Kirby Super Star's subgame "Milky Way Wishes" features the final boss: Marx, who is at first a cute guy bouncing on a ball. Once Kirby awakes Nova to wish for the Sun and Moon to stop fighting, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_oWKu-dyUs Marx transforms]] into a [[OneWingedAngel relatively demonic form]] and attempts to take over the planet. However, he isn't as bad as Kirby Super Star Ultra's final boss: Marx Soul, who is an updated version of Marx, looks more demented and insane than regular Marx, and attacks in a similar attack pattern as Drawcia from Canvas Curse (reusing her Paint Barrage and Big Bang attacks). He splits in half to use these attacks, and when you defeat him, he lets out a horrible, ear-bleeding scream as he splits in half, and each half explodes.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs-9b5PUf9w And if you corrupt the battle against Marx..]] (You can find the battle halfway through the video.)
* Super Star Ultra's BonusBoss is Masked Dedede, where Dedede goes crazy and attacks you wearing a mask and wielding a upgraded hammer that shoots rockets. How can you tell he's snapped? The equipment is faulty and keeps giving him electric shocks, ''and he shrugs them off like they're nothing.'' Also, rockets, and the arena is electrified - he ''really'' means to finish Kirby this time. It's distressing to see a normally AffablyEvil villain use such drastic measures.
* From The True Arena, there's the rest area for the Final Four. As if the overcast sky with lightning and menacing coliseum in the background weren't freaky enough, the music could probably be described, actually fittingly, as "[[{{NightmareFuel/Pokemon}} Ruins of Alph radio signal]] cranked UpToEleven". [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY0gm--zv6k It must be heard to be believed]].
** Wham Bam Jewel, who appears in the background and attacks after defeating Wham Bam Rock in Helper to Hero (where he's fought right off the bat). His face is living rather than made of stone, and every time he gets hit, his face goes to a distressed look before going to an evil look.
* Galacta Knight. He is the series badass like Meta Knight, but Nova's description of him said "He was sealed away because of his great power"; it's a godlike being (who, upon defeat, he flies around as if having a seizure before blowing up).
* [[GiantEnemyCrab Heavy Lobster]] wouldn't be scary at all, if only his theme wasn't essentially [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMVNEP6-HUo despair in musical form.]]
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** In the GBA version, when you get close to hitting the ground, the background turns into a creepy forest eerily resembling a famous painting.
** The second form isn't much better, looking like a vampire/genie thing with a tornado for a torso. Its death cry can be quite jarring on the NES, being a rather loud buzzing sound.

* Dark Mind's second form in Kirby and the Amazing Mirror first mimics Nightmare, but then attacks as a flaming version of 0.

* The implied fate of the sailor Waddle Dee from Revenge of Meta Knight is sort of a FridgeHorror. He doesn't evacuate with Captain Vul and the knights, as he is there to witness Kirby and Meta Knight's fight. After that, he is never heard from again, and it seems very likely that he was forgotten and drowned in the sea when it plummeted; however he shows up in ''Mass Attack''.
** [[DidNotDoTheResearch Uh]], Meta Knight is shown rescuing him at the end of the scenario.

* The fifth stage in ''Return to Dream Land'' spawns Kirby on a cloud walkway leading to a tower in the sky, [[NothingIsScarier with only an ominous wind in the background]] (which, if played long enough, will eventually add a whispery version of Nutty Noon's map theme playing in the background). After the obligatory, gratuitous SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity, Kirby's then greeted by [[spoiler: five back-to-back miniboss battles set to a rendition of Dedede's theme.]] [[JumpScare Surprise.]]

* Kirby's Dream Land 3's [[MultipleEndings false/bad end]] concludes with an upward camera pan to a far bigger, more ominous silhouette hovering in the sky only listed as "'''?'''", which then opens its single [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eye]] to glare directly at you, the player. It turns out that this time, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYVlu7Lxs34 Kirby doesn't only fight Dark Matter, but also fight 0 (Zero)]] who is a large white sphere who attacks by cutting slashes across its surface and shooting blood. After depleting his health bar the first time, his pupil bursts out of the body in a fountain of blood and begins chasing Kirby.

* There's something just ''wrong'' about seeing Kirby unwrap to go through those narrow tubes, turning into a long piece of string with a pair of eyes. {{Claustrophobia}}cs might find it unsettling.

* An enemy named Scarfy is a cutesy flying creature that resembles Kirby, until players turn their backs to it, [[KungFuProofMook try to eat it]], or get too close to it, at which point it shows a demented mouth and a single eye and tries to eat them. If not killed soon, it explodes. It gets worse in [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Kirby's Return to Dream Land,]] where they sometimes act like [[SuperMarioBros2 Phantos]] when collecting keys. And they do this all the time in Extra Mode.

* There's an enemy in Kirby's Dreamland 2 called Propeller Bomb. Not a threat without animal friends, it becomes a [[SuperMarioBros2 Phanto]]-level menace when approached with one.

* The villain, Necrodius (seen early in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEo5kivldnU&feature=player_embedded this trailer]]) is not just frightening in looks. He nearly kills Kirby at the very beginning of the game while the latter is just having a nap while visiting some nation nearby Dream Land. Then, he wakes up to being zapped by Necrodius' attack, which splits him into 10, completely defenseless Kirbys and, shortly afterwards, Necrodius actually proceeds to murder almost every Kirby and only one manages to escape his massacre by following his (literal) star-shaped heart. The game's goal is essentially that of survival: quoting [=NoA=]'s twitter for this: "The new villain is so powerful that he almost wipes Kirby out of existence.". During his boss fight, he can [[spoiler:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9dh5fhkdqE#t=4m30s devour your Kirbys alive,]] with no chance of recovering them like in the regular game (meaning they don't turn into angels, they just stay dead for good, [[IGotBetter until the ending that is]])]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC6Zgydkdpw This]] music pops up in some levels for no reason other than screwing with the player, only for the sake of making gameplay unbearable. Essentially, it turns any level into HighOctaneNightmareFuel for the sake of it.

* As said in the introduction, the final bosses of the Kirby series tend to be ''really'' creepy. It's appropriate that a series that started in Dreamland would have [[VileVillainSaccharineShow nightmarish villains]].
* An enemy named Scarfy is a cute happy flying creature that resembles Kirby, until you turn your back to it, [[KungFuProofMook try to eat it]], or get too close to it, at which point it shows a demented mouth and a single eye and tries to eat you. If you don't kill it right away, it explodes. It gets worse in [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Kirby's Return to Dream Land,]] where they sometimes act like ''[[SuperMarioBros2 Phantos]]'' when you collect keys. And they do this ''all the time'' in Extra Mode.
* The enemy-possessing Ghost ability and the miniboss that provides it in ''Squeak Squad'' make some truly eerie sounds.
** The miniboss has an attack where it grabs Kirby and [[NothingIsScarier doesn't really seem to do anything to him but make creepy sounds]]. The player is left to assume that Kirby just suffered a serious assault on his psyche.
** When you possess Scarfy and force it into the water, its eye bulges in the most eerie way before it bites the dust.
** That same eye happens when you hit it repeatedly as well.

* Club Nintendo (the German version) had a [[http://kirbysrainbowresort.net/multimedia/manga/kgf.html special Kirby comic]], wherein Kirby (and likely Dedede/"Nick") is a detective; it starts off with a human woman named Annett giving him a case. At one point he, Dedede, and some fish who isn't Kine investigate an old castle; they sit down at a table expecting to be served dinner, but instead the lights go out. When they come back on, [[spoiler: they've been joined by ''Annett's corpse'']]. As if seeing Kirby reading a Playboy magazine isn't enough!
** Kirby... the ''detective''? [[NightmareRetardant BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!]]
* Kirby is a SugarBowl of happiness. Sure, the occasional SugarApocalypse happens... every game, but let's look on the bright side! You have a king who didn't do a whole lot, alien species trying to take over this ''one'' planet, a race of eyeballs trying to take whatever happiness(?) there is in the galaxy, Kirby eating everything that walks and maybe even doesn't, [[YouBastard thus ruining the lives of thousands of families]]; a race of mice who steal things and there's no police force to stop them... Wait, am I on the right page?

* Kirby Super Star's subgame "Milky Way Wishes" features the final boss: Marx, who is at first a cute guy bouncing on a ball. Once Kirby awakes Nova to wish for the Sun and Moon to stop fighting, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_oWKu-dyUs Marx transforms]] into a [[OneWingedAngel relatively demonic form]] and attempts to take over the planet. However, he isn't as bad as Kirby Super Star Ultra's final boss...

* The final boss of The True Arena, Marx Soul, is an updated version of Marx, who looks more demented and insane than regular Marx, and attacks in a similar attack pattern as Drawcia from Canvas Curse (reusing her Paint Barrage and Big Bang attacks). He splits in half to use these attacks, and when you defeat him, he lets out a horrible, ear-bleeding scream as he splits in half, and each half explodes.
* Also from The True Arena, the rest area for the Final Four. As if the overcast sky with lightning and menacing coliseum in the background weren't freaky enough, the music could probably be described as "[[{{NightmareFuel/Pokemon}} Ruins of Alph radio signal]] cranked UpToEleven".
** And the description even ''fits''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY0gm--zv6k Seriously, it must be heard to be believed]].
** Wham Bam Jewel, who appears in the background and attacks after defeating Wham Bam Rock in Helper to Hero (unlike in The True Arena, where you fight him right off the bat). His face is living rather than made of stone, and every time you hit him, his face goes to a distressed look before going to an evil look.
* Galacta Knight. He is the series badass like Meta Knight, but NOVA's description of him said "He was sealed away because of his great power"; you are fighting a godlike being! After defeating him, he flies around as if having a seizure before blowing up...
* The implied fate of the sailor Waddle Dee from Revenge of Meta Knight is sort of a FridgeHorror. He doesn't evacuate with Captain Vul and the knights, as he is there to witness Kirby and Meta Knight's fight. After that, he is never heard from again, and it seems very likely that he was forgotten and drowned in the sea when it plummeted.
** Nightmare averted: he shows up in ''Mass Attack''.
* [[GiantEnemyCrab Heavy Lobster]] wouldn't be scary at all, if only his theme wasn't essentially ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMVNEP6-HUo despair in musical form!]]''

* Kirby's Dream Land features Mt. Dedede as the final level. In this stage, you need to fight through remade versions of the levels, and at the end, you find.... a clone of Kirby pacing back and forth? In order to move onward, you must walk into it for some reason.
* Kirby's Dream Land 2 features Dark Matter, the black eye that possesses things. He possesses Dedede as the fake final boss. If you [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju9ErWj9gAY don't get the good ending]], Dark Matter is only shown as a silhouette and listed as "'''!?'''". Meanwhile, Kine looks to the sky knowing something isn't right...
** When fighting [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tVFKOUf9dM Dark Matter]], he first appears as a samurai, and shoots energy swords and throws an orb. After defeating the samurai, he turns into his eye form and attacks with black lightning from his pupil. Oh, and [[TimedMission if you don't kill it quickly,]] [[ChunkySalsaRule you'll crash into Dream Land and die]].
** In later games, a possessed King Dedede will ''open his stomach forming a mouth with part of his clothes becoming teeth''.
*** It's not just a mouth, either. It also is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXTCIzwjmnY an eye at times]]. An eye that shoots out blobs of darkness.
* Kirby's Dream Land 3's [[MultipleEndings false/bad end]] concludes with an upward camera pan to a far bigger, more ominous silhouette hovering in the sky only listed as "'''?'''", which then opens its single [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eye]] to ''glare directly at you, the player''. It turns out that this time, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYVlu7Lxs34 you not only fight Dark Matter, you also fight 0 (Zero)]] who is a large white sphere who attacks by cutting slashes across its surface and shooting blood. After depleting his health bar the first time, his pupil bursts out of the body in a fountain of blood and begins chasing Kirby.
** The original Zero may in fact be even worse than Zero Two (see below). The thing ''shoots its own blood at you''. Thankfully, ''Kirby's Dream Land 3'' has so many NintendoHard memory games and GuideDangIt moments that most children won't even ''see'' Zero until they're older.
* Kirby 64 features 02 (Zero Two), who is the ''reincarnation of 0'', and mimics the blood shot attack, and the floating white eye design, only he is an angel now. Also, his concept art shows his eye bleeding.
** And then you get some FridgeHorror when suddenly you realize: that band-aid on his head? ''That's where he ripped his eye out.'' [[YouBastard And you're attacking that!]]
** His stage is made out of a hexagonal, cell-like structure. And the place where you fight him has inexplicable bar codes in the background... Not to mention that, after you destroy its halo, a green root-like spike with thorns around it that "bleeds" poisonous gas will come out from below it.
* Shiver Star. At first, the levels make it look like a cheery winter-themed planet, but then you get to the factory stage featuring evil machines with demented smiles, animal parts in test tubes, and one segment where you fight a bird on fire in a lava pit. Upon closer inspection on the map, the layout of the continents on the planet [[FridgeHorror look suspiciously like Earth]], and the planet even has a single yellowish moon orbiting it. Yep, that's our mud ball, covered in ice and abandoned by humanity.
* Ripple Star's second stage had a VERY scary theme. It's not even found on the official soundtrack! [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl4vsD3DLPk Here it is, for those curious]].

* The "death" sequence as Kirby in ''{{Kirby}} 64: The Crystal Shards.'' The scenery fades to black and Kirby stumbles around, then falls down... and during this, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzdI7qYJar0 a loud, slow version of the regular Kirby death music appears out of nowhere]].
** Try losing on the boss rush. There's something terrible about a red-tinted screen showing Kirby and his allies looking depressed.
* The bad ending in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, which is made incredibly creepy [[LastNoteNightmare by the last couple of notes that play near the end as the fairy queen turns to look at Ribbon...]].
** She's not looking at Ribbon. [[FridgeHorror She's looking directly at]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall you, the player,]] as if she's [[NiceJobBreakingItHero taunting you for not finding all of the shards.]]
** The final boss, which leads to the good ending, is almost as creepy, if not creepier.
* Kirby 64 also has the scene right before you fight Adeleine (when she's possessed by Dark Matter). Right at the end, you see Adeleine flash you the ultimate NightmareFace.
** Pretty much every cutscene before fighting a Dark Matter-possessed friend is quite frightening.
* The final Ripple Star level before the boss has [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome good music]], but that final room with the N-Zs in it has that ominous dark cloud where the ceiling should be. Kind of eerie thinking you're right beneath Miracle Matter himself.
* There's an enemy in Kirby's Dreamland 2 called Propeller Bomb. If you don't have an animal friend, it actually looks peaceful and not a threat. But if you walk near one with an animal friend, its face becomes menacing on the [[SuperMarioBros2 Phantos]] level before chasing you down.
* In the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lyJZ3y1IZ0 trailer]] for ''Return to Dreamland'', some pocket dimensions have what appears to be a void chasing you that you have to outrun. The shadowy bat-like boss featured doesn't look too friendly, either.
* [[spoiler:Magolor's]] OneWingedAngel form is pretty frightening.
** [[spoiler: [[http://images.wikia.com/kirby/en/images/f/f1/Magolor_Soul.png Enjoy.]]]]
** [[spoiler: See that red eye? Zero ''really'' takes every advantage he gets.]]
** [[spoiler:His]] (''first'') [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP0RVSK64Hs death cry]], and its two [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUoI4crWqQc unused]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp4eL5ooeAQ variations]], give the infamous Marx Soul scream a run for its money.
* In ''Return to Dreamland'', lot of the bosses look much creepier in [[spoiler:the Extra Mode, especially Magolor]].
* There are sometimes statues in the path of [[SuperForm Monster Flame Kirby]]. They are very creepy, and quite possibly their faces resemble ReDeads from [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker the Wind Waker]]!
* The fifth stage in ''Return to Dream Land'' spawns you on a cloud walkway leading to a tower in the sky, [[NothingIsScarier with only an ominous wind in the background]] (which, if you let it play long enough, will eventually add a whispery version of Nutty Noon's map theme playing in the background). You climb up a ladder, enter a door into the tower, maybe select an ability or eat the Maxim Tomato, and then go through the next door. You're then greeted by [[spoiler:five back-to-back miniboss battles set to a rendition of Dedede's theme.]] It's not as creepy if you know what's coming, but the silence is still off-putting.

* At first, it looks like this is going to be avoided completely, what with Yin-Yarn, aka [[FanNickname Mariachi Man]], as the final boss [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100819004634/kirby/en/images/thumb/4/4c/Kirby%27s_Epic_Yarn_Box_art.jpg/250px-Kirby%27s_Epic_Yarn_Box_art.jpg seen here]]. However, just because the game's [[EverythingsBetterWithPlushies cute]], the BigBad looks [[LaughablyEvil silly,]] and the game doesn't take place in DreamLand doesn't mean there aren't nightmares [[AWorldwidePunomenon sewn in...]]
** Those aren't maracas. Those are ''knitting needles''. Considering what the world ''Epic Yarn'' is [[CaptainObvious made of]]…
*** About those knitting needles, [[spoiler:THEY'RE ALIVE! And when you beat Yin-Yarn's first form, they turn his body into a giant Mecha.]]
** The needles have an evil grin on their face. Also, he can detach his head from his feet (he doesn't have a body, which would be scary if this wasn't a Kirby game) and spin around in circles, shooting missiles.
* Incidentally, Kracko might just be the scariest-looking enemy in the whole game. The fluffy cloud's big bright watery eye has been replaced with a lifeless button that stares right into your soul!
* Scarfy gets even scarier in ''Epic Yarn''.
* When Hot Wings gets pissed, it can be pretty damn scary.
* There's something just ''wrong'' about seeing Kirby unwrap to go through those narrow tubes, turning into a long piece of string with a pair of eyes. Plus there's that sound, and those little bitey things chasing you. I imagine those with {{claustrophobia}} might find it even more unsettling.

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* Kirby's Adventure (And the updated version "Nightmare in Dreamland") features Nightmare, an entity that King Dedede himself had been keeping at bay! At first, you fight Nightmare as an orb which attacks similar to another boss in the series (Kaboola/Kabula), only, [[TimedMission this fight is timed]]. If you take too long, the orb escapes, and Kirby crashes into the planet and dies. The music played in the NES version is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9eURcKetVo downright creepy as well]].
** In the GBA version, when you get close to hitting the ground, the background turns into a creepy forest that I swear looks like a famous painting.

* ''Kirby: Squeak Squad'' has an enemy that only appears in two stages, yet is still creepy enough to warrant a mention: a black, floating hand that emits this awful moaning noise. In one of the levels it appears in, it's accompanied by a black, floating, moaning sword. It might not be as bad as any of the [[EldritchAbomination Cosmic Horrors]] Kirby's had to deal with, but it ''will'' catch you off-guard.
* Kirby Squeak Squad features Dark Nebula, which is an evil black star that possesses Daroach. After defeating Daroach, he attacks for real after you catch him. Also, his Japanese name is ''Dark Zero'', [[HijackedByGanon another reincarnation of the recurring villain]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC6Zgydkdpw This]] music pops up in some levels for no reason other than screwing with the player, only for the sake of making gameplay ''unbearable''. Yep, the music alone makes everything worse. HighOctaneNightmareFuel, folks. Without a doubt.

* In ''Canvas Curse'', the final boss, Drawcia, is a paint-themed witch. Not so scary, [[spoiler:until she goes OneWingedAngel and turns into a living, '''[[HellIsThatNoise screaming]]''', multi-eyed paint monster.]] You'll have to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn1Ncc7URPg#t=3m20s see it for yourself]] to really get it.
** Heck, her entire stage qualifies. The first room has large empty spaces, and long platforms colored with surreal blotches of paint. In the final room, there are [[NightmareFace snickering paintings with distorted facial expressions.]] The very [[NothingIsScarier minimalist]] music playing while this happens makes it no better.
*** If Old-School songs are enabled, the stage's background music is a very creepy version of the "Museum" song from ''Nightmare in Dream Land''.
** Oh, and in the Japanese version, it's explained that Drawcia got the power to start messing with Dream Land by ''making a pact with Zero''. Yes, ''that'' Zero. And the pact involves Zero inhabiting Drawcia's body (partially explaining why Drawcia is so freakin' huge.) Throughout most of the game, Zero's content to sit back and let Drawcia herself pull the strings, but once you defeat the Drawcia Sorceress, Zero takes over in order to give her a second wind. Yes, that's right, the Drawcia Soul is, in fact, ''Zero'', that blasted blood-shooting eyeball, going after Kirby ''yet again''.

* Once again in Amazing Mirror is a gray-colored Kirby, who occasionally appears with a creepy musical entrance. Hitting him yields an item.
** NightmareRetardant comes in when you finish the game and learn that [[spoiler:he's just Mirror Kirby, who is trying to save ''his'' world. That's why he drops the items.]]

* The villain, Necrodius (seen early in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEo5kivldnU&feature=player_embedded this trailer]]) looks pretty dang frightening.
** He's not just frightening in looks. He nearly ''kills Kirby'' at the very beginning of the game. No seriously. Kirby is just having a nap while visiting some nation nearby Dream Land when suddenly BAM!! He wakes up to being zapped by Necrodius' attack, which splits him into 10, completely defenseless Kirbys! Then Necrodius actually proceeds to murder almost every Kirby and only one manages to escape his massacre by following his heart. Literally! Kirby's heart, which appears as a star, was separated from his main body by that attack too!! So let's recap. The plot simply involves Necrodius nearly killing Kirby. Which means the main goal of this adorable Kirby game, rather than saving a world or two, is... ''Survival?'' Zero, it looks like you may have competition...
*** Quoting [=NoA=]'s twitter for this: "The new villain is so powerful that he almost wipes Kirby out of existence."
** And when you finally get fight him, he could [[spoiler:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9dh5fhkdqE#t=4m30s devour your Kirbys ALIVE!]] With no chance of recovering them like in the regular game (meaning they don't turn into angels, they just stay dead for good, [[IGotBetter until the ending that is]])]]!
* Dying in this game is surprisingly brutal and disturbing compared to a typical Kirby game. Instead of being comically knocked out and falling offscreen to a fairly cheerful tune, in Mass Attack, if a Kirby is killed, he just...dies. His body will lie there for a moment, and then turn into a spirit and begin to drift away. The cute little angel wings do little to lessen the shock of seeing Kirby's lifeless and broken body for that brief moment. And that's assuming there ''are'' any remains; if a Kirby catches fire and doesn't get to water before the timer runs out, he'll ''disintegrate into ash''. It's creepy enough experiencing all of this as a player, but [[FridgeHorror what about Kirby]]? He gets to repeatedly experience and witness his own death. For Kirby, this game is essentially a journey through ''hell''. Sweet dreams.
* Something to really cringe about is the Soarar egg you break for a medal in one level. Not only do you smash open an unhatched egg, you're also ''releasing undeveloped Soarars''. When you do this, know you're basically not only aborting young Soarars, but also ''killing'' them as well. And you do all this just for a medal that pushes you so much closer to 100% game completion. Sweet dreams!
* In the fourth level, some of the stages feature a purple, blob-like ghost. It does not harm your Kirbies (it only sends them back to the beginning), but just the ''look'' of them is frightening. The giant ones can make your heart stop for a second upon first sight.

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[[caption-width:346:Yes, this is the villain [[EyeScream ripping its own eye out]]. With blood. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids In a Kirby game.]]]]